Capital theft probe implicates district auditor
James M. Watson Jr a District of Columbia auditor clerk and son in law of a retired railroad contractor faces embezzlement charges in a missing funds case estimated between sixty and seventy five thousand dollars with eight thousand cited specifically Bonded by a twenty thousand dollar auditor bond and facing scrutiny over deposits from property owners railways utilities and street work The case links to the District Commissioners and Auditor Petty who now faces questions over the system and potential restitution efforts Watson who also ran a bulletin barber shop and patent medicine venture previously faced a reform school record and now denies embezzlement while claiming careless bookkeeping
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James M. Watson, Jr
District of Columbia
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J. T. Petty
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Board of Commissioners of the
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District Cooperative Association
Sylvester
Reform School
Negotiations Over Panama Canal Treaty Promptly Ending
Washington reports rapid move to terminate talks with Colombia over the Panama Canal. Secretary Hay moves to act once Roosevelt returns as Colombian Congress convenes on the 20th, with a plan to proceed with Nicaragua and Costa Rica if ratification delays continue.
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Hay
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Roosevelt
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Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Direct Nomination Debate Among Brooklyn Republicans
Brooklyn Young Republican Club members favoring direct nomination for public office saw a mixed reaction from the Kings County Republican General Committee. A special committee’s report, adopted but not unanimously, aimed to soothe direct nomination supporters without mandating action.
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Republican General Committee
General Committee
Ostermann’s
Judge Sustains Demurrer in Japanese Silk Indictments
Judge Thomas of the United States Circuit Court yesterday sustained the demurrer by W Wick ham Smith to pleas of abatement by ex Judge Dittenhoefer and Frank H. Platt for A Rosenthal Martin L. Cohn Judson R. Wells for Charles E Browne. Indictments allege securities in silk imports from Japan. Plea argued Smith’s presence in the grand jury room made indictments illegal, though he served days as an assistant U S District Attorney and also represented claimants against the government.
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United States Circuit Court
W. Wickham Smith
Dittenhoefer
Frank H. Platt
A. &. Rosenthal
Martin L. Cohn
Judson R. Wells
Charles E. Browne
Smith
Grand Jury
United States
Columbia architecture exhibition opens in Have Meyer Hall
The annual Columbia students architecture show opens in Have Meyer Hall featuring architectural models and designs. Graduates from the school of architecture now known as Fine Arts are included with plans for South Field and West Field embellishment.
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Havemeyer Hall
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School of Architecture
Fine Arts
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West Field
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Bernardie
Anderson
Carpus
McKim
Paliandea
State Pote
Flood Crest Reached at St Louis as River Signals Decline
The Weather Bureau reports the Mississippi at St Louis rose to 37.7 feet by 11 am and held there, with a forecasted decline beginning Wednesday. Damage assessments cite crops worth about 2 million dollars between Cape Girardeau and Edwardsville, while relief efforts expand across Illinois towns.
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Merchants’ Exchange
Topeka
Kansas City
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River Cities Plan Convention To Organize For Flood Pressure
Captain H M Chittenden, chief of United States engineers for the Missouri River, reports that flood fears have spurred Missouri River cities to convene a meeting to pressure Congress. They warn that abolition of the Missouri River Commission and reduced river appropriations threaten bank protection and channel maintenance, increasing flood danger.
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Iuwe
H. M. Chittenden
United States Engineers
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Missouri River Commission
St. Louis
Relief Committees to Send Aid for Western Flood Sufferers
Mayor Low appointed relief committees met at Liberty Street to raise funds. Kansas City Kan. reported dire distress. Gainesville Ga. sought aid to rebuild 200 homes four churches and two schools. Spartanburg S C needed money for 7500 idle workers. Topeka Kans. got 3400. Kansas City Kan. 4. Gainesville 1000. Spartanburg 1000. Treasurer J C Cannon to receive all contributions.
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Topeka
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Fourth National Bank
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Many destitute as flood relief efforts lag in isolation
The Columbia area and nearby towns plan to move hundreds of families from flood struck districts. General Chaffee was to visit Clifton but rail lines block access. Relief committees failed to meet needs with bread and beds scarce. Sixty deaths reported. Pacolet residents nervous after a reservoir break caused tremors. Mill officers warn mass relocation may be required.
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Clifton
Heyward
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Pacolett
Paconlett
Chamberlain May Go in Defeat of Tariff Proposals
The debate over preferential tariffs rages as Sir Michael Hicks Beach delivers a stinging attack while Chamberlain and Balfour appear troubled. Ritchie renounces Colonial Secretary's ideas and Chamberlain leaves the chamber without acknowledgment as Unionists flip stance on the tax.
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Michael Hicks-Beach
Black Michael
Mr. Balfour
Treasury
Ritchie
Colonial Secretary
Balfour
United Kingdom
Sir Michael
House of Commons
Michael Hicks- Beach
Chamberlain
Viscount Goschen
Exchequer
Lord Salisbury
Michael Wicks-Beach
House of Lords
Daily Chronicle
Liberal
Birmingham
Liberal-Unionist Association
Canada
Bourke Cochran
Cabinet splits over free trade and colonial preference debate
The House heard Sir Henry Fowler and Sir John Gorst urge the cabinet to reveal its decision on free trade and imperial preference. Arthur Elliot and Sir Michael Hicks Beach pressed for clarity as Mr Chamberlain's tariff plans sparked Cabinet tension and potential splits.
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Balfour
Henry Fowler
John Gorst
United Kingdom
Parliament Fails to Resolve Free Trade Protection Split
London June 9 Parliament crowded as government ministers absent ill Belfour. Henry Chaplin seeks to amend the Budget bill arguing removal of grain tax harms trade and offers tea duties as target. Redmond confirms nationalist support but ruling blocks full discussion of Chamberlain policy as not relevant to the Budget.
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Chaplin
Chapin
Sir Michael
Associated Press
London
House of Commons
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Board of Trade
Henry Chaplin
Board of Agriculture
Westminster
Balfour
John Redmond
William Court Gully
William Redmond
Mr. McHugh
Sligo
Edward
Ireland
Perplexity over Cabinet debate in London editorials
London editorials on yesterdays extraordinary debate mock the Cabinent tactic of open mind and Each for himself. They predict a Cabinet break up and possible dissolution of Parliament as chatter centers on Chamberlains silence and the days ahead.
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London
Mr. Chamberlain
Retaliatory duties defined in Chamberlain remarks
London on June 9 Mr Chamberlain replied to a Birmingham Liberal Unionist Association inquiry on retaliatory duties. He supported duties when foreign exports receive a bounty but upheld Cobden's free trade ideal. He argued cheaper foreign machinery should not trigger retaliation and British firms must outcompete a foreign rival with its own tools.
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Ritchie
Great Britain
Nto
London
Chamberlain
Birmingham
Liberal-Unionist Association
Cobden
Rosebery warns of looming Commons crisis at Essex Show
Lord Rosebery urged at the Essex Agricultural Show that a lively Commons clash was brewing. He warned that proposed protection would aid Canada, Australia, and India while risking rural depopulation and higher food prices. He recalled 1846 famine and revolution narrowly averted by free trade.
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Lord Rosebery
House of Commons
Canada
Australia
India
McCarthy Profiles Chamberlain In Early House Appearance
Justin McCarthy analyzes Joseph Chamberlain in British Political Portraits noting the surprise of Tories at his debut. The Birmingham representative, once imagined as wild and rough, appeared pale and refined delivering measured remarks to the House of Commons.
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Justin McCarthy
Outlook” Company
Mr. Chamberlain
House of Commons
Birmingham
Chamberlain
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